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Parents’ mental health and parenting style can influence the course of their children’s friendships in elementary school, finds a study in the Journal of Family Psychology. Researchers analyzed data from 1,523 Finnish schoolchildren, followed from first to sixth grade,...

Subtle changes in facial coloring can telegraph our emotions to other people, even when we aren’t giving obvious signals like smiling or frowning, suggests research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers used a computer program...

Good news for those working to fight stereotypes: When asked to “draw a scientist,” children today are more likely to draw a woman in that role than children were in the past, finds a meta-analysis in Child Development. The...

Men who spent more time hanging out with friends as children had lower blood pressure and were less likely to be obese in adulthood, finds a study in Psychological Science. Researchers analyzed data from 267 participants in the Pittsburgh...

Many primary-care pediatricians see patients who have mental health concerns but do not feel comfortable treating those concerns and do not communicate with those patients’ mental health providers as often as they’d like to, suggests a study in Families,...

The brains of preschool-age children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show significant structural differences compared with the brains of children without the condition, finds a study in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Researchers used high-resolution MRI scans...

The brains of preschool-age children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show significant structural differences compared with the brains of children without the coordination, finds a study in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Researchers used high-resolution MRI scans...

People who live in more racially diverse neighborhoods are more likely to help friends, neighbors, and strangers finds the research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In the first of the five experiments, the researchers analyzed more...

School-based mental health services delivered by school personnel can help reduce mental health problems in elementary school children, finds a meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Researchers analyzed 43 controlled trials involving...

Previous research has found that poor children in the United States hear as many as 30 million fewer words by age 4 than wealthier children do, contributing to a socioeconomic status (SES) achievement gap. Now, a study in Psychological...